Hi!
I can recommend the Sony if you=C2=B4re on a budget. Clean and sufficient g=
ain, and actually remarkable for that pricerange. Doesn=C2=B4t have xlr tho=
ugh. Find some good electrets, like the frogloggers, and a parabolic reflec=
tor if you=C2=B4re into singling out specific species, and in my mind, you=
=C2=B4re good to go!
It=C2=B4ll give you ATLEAST 15 db more SNR than the zoom, and potentially m=
ore sensitivty, and that even before you add the reflector. If you want XLR=
s and decent preamps, the LS-100 is a good choice on a budget. Or so they s=
ay.
There are better and more expensive solutions out there, but this setup wil=
l get you a long way in my opinion!
I live in a very quiet place, and the Sony has been giving me cleaner recor=
dings with cheap electrets than a Mixpre-D with good condensers.
Plenty on info on recent posts here!
My two cents:-) Good luck!
-Anders
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> Hello folks,
>
> I'm new to the group. I'm a birder who has done some birdsong recording a=
s part of my graduate work. I'm pretty much done that work now, but would l=
ike to continue recording for fun. While recording for school, I was focuse=
d on one species (Hermit Thrush), and made recordings using a Marantz PMD6=
70 and a Sennheiser Mic (probably ME66, but I'm not sure). I was pretty hap=
py with the quality of recordings we created with that setup. Certainly the=
y were sufficient for spectrogram-based analysis of various individuals' re=
pertoires, etc.
>
> I also previously had a Zoom H4 that I used to make some recordings. I fo=
und it was not very useful for creating recordings of birds that were worth=
listening to. The spectrograms that could be created from the Zoom were ac=
tually not bad with some alteration, but the recordings were just far too q=
uiet. I have an AT ATR-6550 mic, as well, and found the same thing when usi=
ng this with the Zoom--the recordings were just far too quiet. So, I got ri=
d of the Zoom, and I'm looking for something else.
>
> I'm more interested in making recordings of individual birds than I am of=
recording 'soundscapes', but don't mind if recordings of individuals are s=
omewhat noisy with the sounds of other birds.
>
> I don't have lots of money to spend on this at the moment, so realize tha=
t I'll likely have to buy a sub-optimal setup and try to get as close as po=
ssible to whatever I try to record. I was thinking about buying a Sony PCM-=
M10 and using the on-board mics or my ATR-6550 for a while until I can affo=
rd something better (once I finish school). Any thoughts about this? I've b=
een reading about the various recorders on this board, the avisoft page, an=
d elsewhere, and it seems the Sony I mentioned is one of the best in its pr=
ice rage. I had considered the Tascam DR-100mkII, because it has better inp=
uts and phantom powering. However, someone posted on here a while back that=
the Tascam created very quiet recordings (quieter than the sony), and I do=
n't want to replace my Zoom with something that will be equally useless.
>
> Any input would be appreciated.
>
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